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Start on C# and you get the following notes. The natural minor scale that uses 3 sharps is named F# natural minor. When starting on the note B, the pattern yields the notes shown below. The E natural minor scale uses the same interval formula as A natural minor W-H-W-W-H-W-W. When starting on the note E and adhering to the natural minor interval formula, the scale will have one sharp, F#. There is a minor scale similarly related to the scale of G major (which has one sharp, F#). The A natural minor scale is related to the C major scale because both scales use natural notes (white keys) only.

There is always a constant relationship between a natural minor scale and a major scale that contains the same amount of sharps or flats. The natural minor scale can be created on any of the twelve pitches (using 15 different letter names). Many melodies use the natural minor scale and one well known tune is "God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman". The natural minor scale has a constant relationship with a specific major scale and that relationship will be studied in detail next week. The interval formula for a natural minor scale is as follows: The "A" natural minor scale uses only the white keys: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. The beginning note of this natural minor scale is "A". Just as there is a major scale that uses nothing but the white keys of the keyboard, there is a natural minor scale that uses only the white keys. It uses both the natural minor and harmonic minor forms.įirst we start with the natural minor scale. Your browser does not support the audio tag.īlack Orpheus by the Brazilian composer Luiz Bonfa is a bossa nova classic in a minor key. These differences will be examined in this week's lesson. The difference between these three forms of the minor scale is only one or two notes. Actually, the minor scale comes in three varieties, NATURAL MINOR, HARMONIC MINOR, and MELODIC MINOR. Another commonly used scale is the MINOR SCALE. We have studied the construction of the major scale but that scale is only one of many commonly used scales in music.